Secularism is not in itself unbiased, nor does the removal of Christianity from the public sphere ensure neutrality. Instead, it simply replaces the God of the Universe with the secular state. Over time, in any country or people that adopts a secular state or constitution its people will follow and eventually the state itself will become like a god to them. It will dictate their morality, welfare, education, purpose, it will become the arbiter of truth and justice, and so on. What was the authority of God, the Church and the family will be handed over to the state. Atheism becomes the state-sponsored religion practiced in the classroom and across society. Without a Christian foundation or a higher law above the state, authoritarianism is sure to result in any secular society.

Totalitarians and atheists desire the state to be their higher power and replacement for God. But this god has no limitations on behavior, economics, and other regulations it seeks to impose. And in the eyes of its followers, the more involved it becomes, the better for society. It will seek to eradicate other gods or things that might pull authority away from itself. The family, traditions, the Church, etc.

Politicians prefer atheists for many reasons. One is that atheists are easily startled and frightened. Threats of global warming, viruses, terrorists, and so on will whip the secular masses into a frenzy, causing them to run to their high power, the state, for safety. Everywhere democracy is instituted, it promotes and teaches relativism, materialism, atheism, and immorality. It seeks to separate people from their family, traditions, religion, local laws, and customs to make it easier for a population to be molded to its image. Without a solid foundation, a secularist can be easily swayed, manipulated, altered, and driven in whatever direction is needed.

Politicians desire secularism because it removes limitations, restraints, and higher law. They can then reshape and reimagine society as they desire. If they want to destroy the family for their convenience and power, they can. They want their media pundit allies and state-sponsored and certified educators to be the high priests and shapers of society’s moral values and thoughts, displacing pastors, priests, and rabbis. Across the world, Muslim countries produce a devout population desiring Sharia law, secular democracies produce secularists in love with democracy. Every government manipulates the worldview of its people to herd them as it desires.

No King but ChristIn a democratic society, those in authority do not prefer Christians with a biblical worldview. For example, throughout the Middle Ages, a nationwide tax would be unthinkable; when it was attempted, revolts began, houses were destroyed, agents murdered, and so on.

Devout Christians, whose highest lord is the king of kings, make for terrible slaves. They are not, as politicians wish, easily maneuverable, adaptable, and swayed. Further, they dare to hold to a higher authority than those in power. They even judge them by this highest authority that declares they have limited specified duties to serve the people and not vice versa. We, being multiple generations into democracy, have been domesticated beasts for so long we have become complacent, caged animals, impotent against the oppressor, not knowing what liberty is—or worse, afraid of it.

During the Middle Ages, law was derived from God and the people’s traditions and could not be manipulated or abused. So, the medieval peasant did not have to campaign, elect the correct politician, or worry about the next one coming in, because those in power had no right to violate the law; it was set in stone like the Ten Commandments. As I explain in my book, Missing Monarchy: What Americans Get Wrong About Monarchy, Democracy, Feudalism, And Liberty, during Christendom (700-1300 A.D), it was ingrained in the politics of the day that any man, lord, or king who overstepped his God-given authority was to be resisted by force or at least ignored by the entire society. To cooperate with a tyrant (a lord who gathered power to himself) would be itself treason against the law, and God.

Justice, law, liberty, etc. were derived from the eternal God and natural law and thus did not change based on who currently holds power. Defending law, liberty, and your rights was not an act of pride but a defense of God, who declared things to be so and was attacked by tyrants who sought to elevate themselves above God’s law and the limitations placed on them. You were not defending your rights in a modern political realm, but God in Heaven, declaring Him lord rather than a current human lord who has gone astray. Further, the eternal judge of nations looked down upon His people, and their obligation was to maintain a Christian realm. To allow tyrants to go above and beyond their limited roles to introduce paganism, atheism, or tyranny was sure to bring the wrath of God on His people, an extra incentive to resist tyrants.

In modern times, we have entirely changed our definitions of traitor and rebel based on blind obedience. Today, anyone who does not follow a federal declaration is a traitor or rebel. In the Middle Ages, any ruler who went outside of law and tradition was a rebel and traitor and was to be resisted by law. Thus, a medieval peasant would say the greatest outlaws in America were not those of the Old West but are its elected officials and judges of today.

What do you do with such people as existed in the Middle Ages? If you’re the government, how do you control them? Well, because the medievals were free men living before the domestication we have suffered, the Middle Ages must now be vilified, demonized, and misrepresented so none would ever think of replicating the period. If we were to imitate them today—all at once—we would overthrow the current power structures. They don’t want people to know of a time when the government and special interests did not micromanage their minds, lives, and fortunes. It was a devout Christian population during that period that maintained a Christian and libertarian society.

– By Jeb Smith

Jeb Smith is the author of Defending Dixie’s Land: What Every American Should Know About The South And The Civil War (written under the name Isaac. C. Bishop) and Missing Monarchy: What Americans Get Wrong About Monarchy, Democracy, Feudalism, And Liberty. You can contact him at jackson18611096@gmail.com.

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